News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-06-30
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RISVlLLE.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
SUNDAY, Jelly 8.

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improvement.
Mrs. Mary King has bought tn
LaFlower house Oh Maple street.
Tickets to St. Johnsbury and re
turn will be sold ON Monday, the 4th
A few from here will attend the U
V. M. commencement at Burlington
this week.
Sanford Safes. Fred Fleetwood ant
Myron Story are home from the .
V. NJ, Burlington.
d. W. Shaw, now living in western
Iowa, is visiting his brother, B. O
Shaw, of this place.
A. P. Hunt has his new house
on the corner of Summer and Union
street raised and covered.
Changes in the interior of the Acad-
envy are contemplated, with view to
better protection from the cold.
H. e. Fisk will be at the office du-
ring the day Friday, July 1st, to re-
ceive water rent. Don't forget the
date.
Ed Stone has done a good job upon
the sidewalk leading from Portland
street to his house. A decided i'm
provement.
Morristown will turn out a good
number next Monday to aid the citi-
zens of Hyde Park in celebrating their
Tooth anniversary.
Miss Hattie Hickok has closed her
second year of teaching at Science
tady, n. Y, and returned home for
her vacation.
Miss Alice Bushee has returned
from Mount Holyoke Seminary, and
Miss Jennie Hickok is home from
Wellesley.
The strawberry festival held at the
Methodist chapel on Wednesday eve
ming last was we'll attended, although
the weather was quite unfavorable.
Regular meeting of Coral Chapter,
o. E. S., July 5, at 7.30 o'clock p.
NJ, sharp. 1t is hoped that the Off
GERS and members will be present, as
work is expected.
Ned Harris, late telegraph operator
at this station, and Burton Burke,
from this place, have desirable posi-
tons as operators at White River
Junction.
The season has been very back
ward in England, being cold and
stormy, delaying agricultural opera
lions and putting farmers to much ex-
pense in feeding their stock.
Fred Choat is in town for few
weeks after an absence of two years
in the west. Fred has located in a
growing Kansas town, where he will
undoubtedly realize something some
time from real estate investments.
George Earle, who raises more and
better strawberries than any other Gull
tivator in these parts, picked berry
Thursday that measured over six
inches in circumference. IL was of
the Sharpless variety.
A little village in Illinois was wiped
out by fire last week. Nineteen bus
mess houses went with the rest. The
Journal says that owing to the fact
that the village had no means of fight
ing fire, everything went.
A meeting of the voters in fire dis
trict No. is called for this (Wednes-
day. evening at the engine house, to
see if the district will vote to pur-
chase an engine, and TO raise tax il
it is decided to purchase one.
Haying has commenced in earnest
this week, and with good weather, a
large amount will be cut before Sat-
urday night. The rainy weather OF
last week disappointed many in the
expected beginning of haying.
H. D. Bryant has brought in stalk
of that corn, we spoke of recently,
which is tassled out and measures
three feet and eight inches high. Char
lev Town says he has some just as
good, but we shan't believe it till We
see the proof.
Twelve or fifteen persons are tC
unite with the Congregational church
next Sunday, in connection with the
regular communion service. A bust
ness meeting of the church will be
held on Saturday afternoon.
A change of time on the railroad
went into effect Monday. The mai
train arrives from the West an hour
later, at 1910 p. m, and from the
east 20 minutes earlier, at 5.06 p. u
The accommodation train goes wes
an hour later, at 10.47 a. M, ant
east earlier, at 7.O5 p. m.
A party from here went to Mont
pelier last week, gong as no appoint
ees of the district, but privately, anC
paying their own expenses, to lool
over one of Montpelier's fire engine:
which is now not in use, on accoun
of their having such abundant waite
works. The gentlemen assisted il
testing the engine and saw it do ex
cellent work, and do not hesitate t
recommend it to the village district i
it sees fit to purchase an engine.
Attention, j. M. Warner Post
The members of j. M. Warner Post
No. 4, G.. A. R., are hereby notifies
to meet at G. A. r. Hall, in Morris
vile, on Monday July 4th, at s a. m
sharp, to complete arrangements be
fore going TO Hyde Park. The com
rades can then 60 to Hyde Park wit
their teams or by the train, just a
: they may deem best. Comrades
please be prompt.
A. A. NILES, Post Com.
Ice cream and cake will be serve
at the M. E. Chapel next Saturda
evening, July End, and each Saturda
, thereafter, for the present, from t
8 p. m. The society are going t
make Improvements on their house {
worship, and they are very thaEkfl
for help received in the past, an
most cordially invite all to their fest
walls in the future.
w. H. HYDE, for Com.
E MoRRIsvILLE, VT, June p, 1887
I Whereas, complaints have been mae
D against Bro. A. A. Niles, chargir
! him with Incorporating monies b
D longing to the Sunday school of Il
+ Morrisville Nj. E. church and Morri
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